Horse racing tips: Irish Gold Cup trends – we help you find the winner of Sunday’s Leopardstown Grade 1
We narrow down the field to help you pick the winner of the Grade 1 contest
3.35 Leopardstown: Irish Gold Cup
WITH the exception of repeat winner Carlingford Lough, this race has gone to a horse aged no older than nine.
So we can cross out a few of this year’s hopefuls — Outlander, last year’s winner Edwulf and Noble Endeavor who are all too old on the stats.
It’s important to stick with runners who have won over 3m or more. That is bad news for Al Boum Photo and Balko Des Flos, who have both shown their best over shorter distances.
Strangely, only two of the past 10 winners finished better than third last time out.
That could explain why there have been 33-1 and 20-1 winners in the past three renewals. Monalee falls down on that score.
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He ran in the Lexus Chase last time, which has been a pointer to this so you may still wish to consider him.
Road To Respect and Bellshill were just behind in that contest and, crucially, out of the first three.
ROAD TO RESPECT was more than a little unlucky and can gain compensation for Noel Meade.
He fits all of the trends well and would be giving weight away all round if this was a handicap.